A remote-first company, Abstract employs nearly 100 employees throughout the U.S., and roughly 70% of them work remotely. Part of what makes the company’s remote-work philosophy unique, however, is their focus on expanding on and fostering company diversity and talent.

Join us as Job and Michael dive deeper into that motivation as well as Abstract’s approach to building a strong team dynamic and finding ways to bond with your remote coworkers.

After a months-long hiatus, we’re back with the first of many episodes to be coming your way. This week, we’re joined by Netguru executive chairman and co-founder Wiktor Schmidt. For more than a decade, Netguru has built an incredible portfolio of products for organizations across many diverse industries.

It’s been a while, but we’re back! A lot has happened in the past months. I transitioned from working at GitLab to now running Remote.com. But none of that for now, as I’ve recorded this interview with Jenny in September last year.

More episodes are coming up soon, though! We have about eight recorded and will be releasing them over the coming weeks. Enjoy!

Jenny Shen is a Remote UX/product designer, strategist, speaker, consultant and mentor. She joined me to talk about working across countries as a designer.

Yes, we’re back! I am now writing to you as a dad of a small baby girl, that was born early and gave me and Carla some stressful nights and days. But all is well now and we’re getting rolling again! This episode and next were recorded several months ago, from episode 6 on, we’re back in the present time. Expect episode 5 in less than this six-month hiatus!

But first, this episode:

Brendan O’Leary is Manager, Professional Services at GitLab and has a house full of kids. He’s also an incredibly enthusiastic, kind and smart guy. It was a pleasure to speak with him about his job, life and some of the challenges of remote work he has faced. Hope you enjoy our conversation.

In the beginning of 2018, we'll be starting with the Remote Work Podcast, a podcast about working from anywhere, how to do that, what tools to use and more. If you have something to say about working remotely, be that as a guest or just as a suggestion please let us know on Twitter or by email at job at remoteworkpodcast.com. If you want to support the show, you can do so through sponsoring or our Patreon.

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